Job description

The Company

As world leader in the design and production of industry solutions, the three divisions of LISI group (LISI AEROSPACE, LISI AUTOMOTIVE and LISI MEDICAL) employ more than 10,000 people in 13 countries. With its headquarters in France, LISI MEDICAL is an innovative subcontractor specializing in the manufacture of implants and instruments for minimally invasive, orthopedic, spinal and traumatological surgery.

More than a part.

LISI MEDICAL, is recognized for delivering quality products and innovative services to our customers. Committed to its reputation, LISI MEDICAL ensures agile management of development projects, remarkable industrial capacities, and expertise.

Through mastery of manufacturing technologies (machining, forging, surface treatments, heat treatment, automation), products designed by our customers are built through optimized production processes to ensure precision.

The Minnesota (USA) entity, with two production sites located in Coon Rapids and Big Lake, MN, offers expertise and innovation in the manufacture of instruments for robotic surgery and osteosynthesis implants. We offer a clean production environment, an excellent benefit and compensation package along with a strong company culture where we are committed to our clients to improve the quality of life of patients.

Competitive Benefits Include: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time off and 401K. Tuition reimbursement to support your development; floating holidays that you take for days that are important to you.

Come Join Our Team!

Position Summary:
The Senior APU Manufacturing Planner will develop and accurately maintain production schedule for assigned APU (Autonomous Production Unit). This position is responsible for understanding the flow of work inside assigned area to identify, resolve or otherwise escalate risk associated with achieving on-time delivery. This position will communicate customer order promise delivery date and planned shipments dates to ensure backlog/ financial shipping projections are accurate. This position will manage the day to day movement of product through outside services to meet on time customer delivery. This position will be responsible to monitor and adjust MRP scheduling parameters to optimize manufacturing flow

Key Responsibilities:
1.Develop and maintain accurate production schedules to meet committed ship dates using appropriate ordering strategies (MRP, Kanban, etc.). Release manufacturing orders, monitor production schedules and expedite the flow of materials and orders to ensure ship dates are met. Engage in effective collaboration to resolve any current or potential issues.
2.Accurately communicate order delivery and shipment dates.
3.Report risk associated with sales revenue. Create appropriate recommendations for resolution and work collaboratively to deploy risk reduction plans to achieve shipment goals.
4.Collaborate with ABU members to develop tools and procedures to maximize facility and equipment utilization, improve quality, and implement process improvements.
5.Communicate status of open orders, forecast or other demand changes to project managers, master scheduler, and/or customer.
6.Assist in the management of inventory levels, including monitoring assigned inventory items to ensure both project and division objectives are met.
7.Identify continuous improvement opportunities and initiate efforts to support LEAP principles including the deployment of alternate and optimized planning methods within the ERP system or MRP processes.
8.Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Manufacturing Engineering or Business or equivalent combination of work experience and education
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a manufacturing planning roll using an ERP based planning system
• Proficient PC skills in a Windows environment
• Intermediate to Advanced level MS Excel skills to include the use of linked spreadsheet, pivot tables, and v-lookup functions.
• Able to navigate web/ internet based order management systems.
• Ability to work fluidly to improve performance of the APU or Department

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a precision machine shop environment.
• Experience working within a ISO / Medical devise environment.
• LEAN / Six Sigma training and demonstrated application.
• APICS course work toward CPIM or CIRM certification.

The most qualified candidate will also possess the following

• Advance education in Supply Chain or Manufacturing Engineering
• Advanced education or job experience applying analytical skills to focus on data based problem identification resulting in root cause problem identification and resolution
• Lean/6Sigma Black Belt with 2 years of work experience in manufacturing environment

LISI MEDICAL Remmele is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation or national origin.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

No recruiters, please.

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